Ministry of Environment and Forests
Delhi-NCR: NCR houses around 80 green buildings which together occupy around 121 million sq ft of office space. Such buildings provide green office spaces with natural air and sunlight inside the office and thereby reduces energy consumption. Ecotech City located in Greater Noida is one such green building providing office blocks which do not need [...] Continue Reading »
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given green signal for 22 Naxal-affected districts to build public infrastructure even in forestland. The decision was taken following the demands raised by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Planning Commission. The MoEF took this decision of relaxing forest conservation norms in order to allow diversion [...] Continue Reading »
Noida- Many builders have received notices from the Gautam Budh Nagar district forest department for undertaking construction work within 10km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary without getting any clearances from the National Board for Wildlife. Within 10km radius of the sanctuary, 53 renowned developers of Delhi have planned to develop their projects. None of the [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Greater Kochi have opposed the idea of upcoming industrial projects in the areas of Eloor-Edayar and Ambal-amugal. This is because of the fact that there is less qualitative work done for the improvement in the condition of air, soil and water in the area and the new projects will deteriorate it more. The [...] Continue Reading »
Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority has given clearance for implementing sewerage treatment plant (STP) at Mundamveli in Kochi. This area alone collects around 121 litres of sewage for a day, apart from the overflowed ones. To explain the same, Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP) gave a detailed presentation about the need for implementing new [...] Continue Reading »
